The Health Act 2010 - Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Health Care Associated Infections sets out the criteria by which NHS organisations must ensure that the risk of Health Care Associated Infection is kept as low as possible and patients are cared for in a clean environment. Compliance with the code is a statutory requirement including the duty to adhere to policies and procedure applicable to infection prevention and control. Poor maintenance of foam mattresses and their covers may lead to staining of the foam or inner surfaces of the mattress covers.

Ectoparasites live near the skin or in the hair (scabies and lice) or in the environment (fleas and bedbugs) and bite transiently while they are feeding. They cause disproportionate anxiety because they are visible or their effects are visible.

This Procedure sets out the Trust’s intentions for the management of mental wellbeing and resilience at work to ensure a healthy, motivated and committed workforce which in turn will deliver high quality services.

This protocol is used to support the Custody Healthcare Practitioner (CHP) in the administration of detainees own medications for which there were existing prescriptions prior to their arrest and detention.

This protocol defines the medicines reconciliation (MR) process for NHFT to reduce preventable medication errors on admission to hospital, or transfer between hospital units and discharge to primary care.